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The hourly PoP is the probability that more than 0.01 inches (0.25 mm) of precipitation would occur if conditions like those in the given hour continued for twelve hours. It can be similar to the daily PoP and vary little, or it can vary dramatically. the daily PoP will be the average of the hourly PoP across the whole day.
Say you earn an income of $2,000 a month. Following the 50/30/20 rule would mean allocating $1,000 to needs, $600 to wants and $400 to savings or high-interest debt. But if your monthly rent and ...
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. [ 1] On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere, the troposphere, [ 2][ 3] just below the stratosphere. Weather refers to day-to-day temperature ...
The Target Committee nominated five targets: Kokura (now Kitakyushu), the site of one of Japan's largest munitions plants; Hiroshima, an embarkation port and industrial center that was the site of a major military headquarters; Yokohama, an urban center for aircraft manufacture, machine tools, docks, electrical equipment and oil refineries ...
The highest natural ground surface temperature ever recorded may have been an alleged reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) at Furnace Creek, California, United States, on 15 July 1972. [ 7] In 2011, a ground temperature of 84 °C (183.2 °F) was recorded in Port Sudan, Sudan. [ 8] The theoretical maximum possible ground surface temperature has been ...
On the morning of 24 June, the pound sterling fell to its lowest level against the US dollar since 1985, [80] marking the pound down 10% against the US dollar and 7% against the euro. The drop from $1.50 to $1.37 was the biggest move for the currency in any two-hour period in history. [81]
This region's topography was shaped by prehistoric volcanism, followed by the cooling-off and related subsidence. Its climate has exceptionally hot summers and mild winters. The state is less well known for its pine-covered north-central portion of the high country of the Colorado Plateau (see Arizona Mountains forests).
Ghana, [ a] officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It lies adjacent to the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing a border with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.